Antiques & Design

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts reinstalls its massive collection of Fabergé objects after a world tour.

Today’s best lighting designs are really sculptures that illuminate.

Under the reign of Louis XIV, the art of tapestry was esteemed higher than painting, prized for its power to impress the masses with royal power and wealth.

Colored, or “fancy,” diamonds have gone from being a curiosity to being the ultimate prize among gems.

​The grace and verve of postwar Italian design are causing it to find new favor with collectors and take its rightful place in the 20th-century canon.

Starting in the late 18th century horologists and other artisans poured all their ingenuity and fantasy into extravagantly decorated mantel and desk clocks.

In 19th- and early 20th-century America, new wealth and social competition spurred a sterling surge of artistry in tableware.

The extravagant, eccentric designs of Carlo Bugatti transcend the Italian Art Nouveau era to occupy an imaginative realm all their own.

An exhibition at the Denver Museum of Art showcases the creativity and daring of the Maison Cartier.